Tina Brown Charity Under Scrutiny

According to the New York Post’slook at IRS records, although her non-profit Women in the World Foundation collected nearly $1.2 million in 2011, Tina Brown’s charity only gave away $10,000 during that same year. The foundation’s stated goal was to dole out $300,000. Of the $1.17 million reportedly collected, $536,868 went to pay for expenses, including a $168,000 star-studded launch party hosted by Meryl Streep.

A spokeswoman for Brown said the 2011 figures don’t reflect the scope of the foundation’s work in its first months, noting that the focus was on the non-profit’s educational and informational components and not on grant-making.

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The foundation has not yet filed its 2012 tax return, but Brown’s spokeswoman said Women in the World Foundation has given out about $1.1 million since its launch, out of about $2.6 million raised.

That $1.1 million in grants, she said, includes a new $800,000 grant to Vital Voices, a massive international women’s rights non-profit.